⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-10-06. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-10-27. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2013-3918Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
87.0%
top 0.56%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-10-06
Due 2025-10-27
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
KEV addedOct 6
KEV dueOct 27
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted web page that is accessed by Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in November 2013, aka "Inf

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDmicrosoft/windowsr2, sp2+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv: The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie2022-05-14
VulnCheck
Microsoft Windows Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability2013

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Internet Explorer - CardSpaceClaimCollection ActiveX Integer Underflow (MS13-090) (Metasploit)2013-11-27
Metasploit
MS13-090 CardSpaceClaimCollection ActiveX Integer Underflow

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Microsoft Windows Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability2025-10-06

🕵️Threat Intelligence

7
Talos
Microsoft Update Tuesday: February 2014, huge fix for Internet Explorer2014-02-11
Talos
Microsoft Update Tuesday: February 2014, huge fix for Internet Explorer2014-02-11
Talos
Microsoft Update Tuesday November 2013: HyperV vulnerability and fix for 0day2013-11-13
Talos
Microsoft Update Tuesday November 2013: HyperV vulnerability and fix for 0day2013-11-13
Zscaler
Zscaler found Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | 11-12-2013